I'm not trying to like call the devs libs or anything, and I'm appreciative of their work. . I understand why intellectual property is bad, and how open source is useful for auditing. My argument is just that we don't live in a world where leftists can do open source development and it won't just be taken by libs to be used in ways other than how we intended it to be used.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We also don't live in a world where leftists can trust a project that isn't open source to not just be a Fed honeypot. Not that it's safe to use Lemmy to organize anything real, but at least I know they aren't leaking my IP to atomwaffen or those Florida Nazis.

[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

That's why I said that I understand how it's important for auditing. You can publish the code and still protect it with copyright. I suppose someone could still steal it, but that's a few more hoops to jump through.